Nov 232013
 

Done in 20 min and the perfect comfort food on a cold fall day from mylittlegourmet.com

All I want to do in this cold weather is stay at home and eat soup! Preferably a nice filling soup that can classify as a meal. 🙂 This tortellini soup is exactly that!

Done in 20 min and the perfect comfort food on a cold fall day from mylittlegourmet.com

I used tortellini filled with parma ham and cheese because I wanted some meat in the soup, but I think next time I will use whatever mini tortellini I can find. Arik had some problems eating the normal-sized  tortellinis so I had to cut all of them into smaller chunks, which I think could be avoided when using the minis. I served the soup with some oven-roasted cauliflower on the side, which is my new favorite side dish because it is so easy and tasty too. Whether it’s cold or not wherever you are, you should definitely try out this  soup…it’s so easy to make and the perfect comfort food for your little ones.

Done in 20 min and the perfect comfort food on a cold fall day from mylittlegourmet.com

Creamy Tortellini Tomato Soup
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 large clove of garlic, pressed
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 14oz./400g can chopped tomatoes
  • 2-3 tablespoons chopped sun-dried tomatoes
  • 1 cup/240ml milk
  • ½ cup/120ml cream
  • 2 cups/500ml vegetable broth
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon basil, dried
  • ½ teaspoon oregano, dried
  • ¼ teaspoon thyme, dried
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 9oz./250g package fresh tortellini, I used some filled with Parma ham and ricotta
  • shredded parmesan cheese for garnish
Instructions
  1. Heat olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat and saute garlic for 30 seconds or until golden brown.
  2. Add canned and sun-dried tomatoes, milk, broth and seasoning.
  3. Bring to a simmer and add tortellini. Cook according to package instructions.
  4. After tortellini are cooked, ladle soup into bowls and top with parmesan cheese.

Adapted from Key Ingredient

 

 

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Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese

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Apr 192013
 

Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese | My Little Gourmet

So apparently last week was National Grilled Cheese Day in the states and I missed it. How humiliating! 🙂 To make up for this mistake I decided to make us some grilled cheesies this week. But not just any grilled cheese, no, a turkey and gouda grilled cheese topped with some tart apple slices. Sooo good!

Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese | My Little Gourmet

After making our sandwiches, I realized that this was Arik’s very first grilled cheese ever and right after eating it, he wanted his very first second grilled cheese ever. Go figure. For the cheese I used a mild gouda and the apple was a pink lady. These are nice and tart and paired perfectly with the melted gouda. Along with the sandwiches I made a roasted tomato soup, which according to Arik, who chose to have about 3 spoonfuls, paled in comparison to the grilled cheese. Oh well, more soup for me!

Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese | My Little Gourmet Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese | My Little Gourmet

 

Turkey and Apple Grilled Cheese
 
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Serves: 1
Ingredients
  • 2 slices of whole wheat bread
  • 1 slice of turkey
  • 1-2 slices of cheese (we used Gouda)
  • a few slices of your favorite kind of apple (we used pink lady)
  • butter
Instructions
  1. Heat a pan over medium heat.
  2. Spread some butter on one side of each of the bread slices.
  3. Put one bread slice in the pan buttered side down, top it with the turkey, cheese and apple slices, and cover it with the other slice of bread, buttered side up.
  4. Once the cheese begins to melt and the bread turns golden brown, flip the sandwich and allow the other side to brown.

 

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